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IRONMAN Malaysia

Germany's Diana Riesler extended her remarkable record-setting run with a fourth straight victory at IRONMAN Malaysia on the stunning island of Langkawi. Riesler was in control, coming out of the two-lap swim two minutes down on American Laurel Wassner but she was quickly in control on the bike. She took the lead at the 12km mark and when she arrived at T2 her advantage was over seven minutes – the only rider to go under 5 hours. All that stood between her and history was a solid marathon, which she achieved with her 3:19:18. Her win in 9:19:01 extended her outstanding record at Langkawi.

Fellow German Mareen Hufe, who is always tough late in the year, took over as the chaser when Wassner’s challenge faded. She got to within six minutes late on the run but never threatened the final result, finishing second in 9:27:23. While Riesler and Hufe are seasoned performers, there was joy for Frenchwoman Manon Genet who earned her first podium in her rookie year as a professional, finishing third in 9:36:14.

Her compatriot Romain Guillaume, like Riesler, was in command throughout the men’s race. The BMC-Etixx Team pro was out of the swim with a group of four. He pushed hard early to establish a break to have an eight minute lead at 100 km and over 10 minutes' buffer off the bike as the only rider to go under 4:30. He was able to run within himself with a 3:10 run to finish in 8:32:54.

Denmark’s Jens Petersen-Bach showed the best running legs with a 3-hour flat marathon to move through to second less than four minutes behind the winner with German Roman Deisenhofer, in his first year as a pro, scoring his first podium.

IRONMAN 70.3 Los Cabos

New Zealand's Terenzo Bozzone (NZL) had a solid day in the heat and humidity in Mexico on Sunday. The 2008 IRONMAN world champion lead the field out of the water and was accompanied by Matt Charbot (USA) throughout the much of the 90 km bike ride. The lead pair distanced themselves from the field on the course in the sand dunes and laden with cactus Bozzone enjoying the advantage heading into transition. The Kiwi hit the half marathon course hard, which left no option for Chrabot to go on the defensive and attempt to protect his second-place position. Behind the lead pair, Kevin Collington (USA) and Tim O'Donnell were racing shoulder to shoulder for third throughout much of the run. Bozzone would eventually hoist the finish line tape by a winning margin of close to four minutes.

Jeanni Seymour (ZAF) had to endure a bit of drama for her win. The South African was sandwiched among the four lead women late in the bike and assessed a five-minute penalty that was served on the bike course. Instead of starting the run at, or close to the front of the race, Seymour now faced with a 4:09 deficit as she ran out of T2. With each passing km, Seymour managed to reduce the deficit to Angela Neth (CAN), now running in the lead. Seymour made one last hard and determined charge towards Naeth in the closing km's and would eventually eke out the win in the late stages by a winning margin by a mere 13-seconds over Naeth.

IRONMAN 70.3 Xiamen

Ireland’s Eimear Mullan was rewarded for her tenacity to win IRONMAN 70.3 Xiamen in China, two years since she last raced in an IRONMAN event. Mullan, who was out with significant injuries in 2016, has coached herself this year as she worked back into the sport based at the Thanyapura Centre in Thailand and in Scotland. It came down to the running legs, as her 1:24 effort was just enough to sprint off Switzerland’s Imogen Simmonds for the win by 100m. It was Mullan’s fourth win, her last coming in Budapest in 2015.

Swim leader Haley Chura (ISA) was third, after she was caught late in the bike, with compatriot Sarah Cameto fourth, fading with a 1:34 run following the day’s best bike split of 2:20:09.Australia’s Sam Betten scored a breakthrough win in the men, with a sprint final also deciding the fortunes when he pushed away from American Justin Metzler 500m from the finish. The pair shared a four-way lead out of the water, before German Johannes Moldan produced a stunning 2:02 bike to join the fray, along with American Jonathan Shearon.

On a hot day it came down to running legs with Betten’s 1:18 proving the key to victory in 3:53:30, ahead of Metzler’s 1:19 run, with Shearon holding on for third.

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Who among us doesn’t miss the Men of Triathlon calendar that served to raise money—along with a whole lot of eyebrows—to benefit the Movember Foundation? Sadly, the calendar ceased production in 2016, but the Movember movement is stronger than ever, with a proliferation of hairy-lipped men around the world this month, raising awareness and funds for men’s health. We love this mindbodygreen podcast with Justin "JC" Coghlan, one of the founding members of the Movember movement, sharing the story of what started as a dare between buddies in a bar, and, 14 years later, has raised 850 million dollars to date.

The professional triathlon scene is shifting, and fast. Olympic gold medalist Gwen Jorgensen, who scored victory in Rio in 2016, then promptly took time out to welcome her first child in August 2017, recently announced a career shift with this clever video. Jorgensen will aim for Olympic gold yet again—this time in the marathon. Go Gwen! (Though we’re secretly hoping that once she gets the marathon bug out of her system, she’ll pivot back to triathlon and tackle IRONMAN.)

Nine-time IRONMAN Champion Timo Bracht of Germany announced his retirement after 18 years of professional racing. You’ll find our full profile on this legendary, likeable father of two here.

Mirinda "Rinny" Carfrae made her long-awaited return to racing over the weekend—sort of. Rinny toed the line on Saturday at a 5K run as part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas marathon weekend. On Sunday, she stuck around to celebrate with the half and full marathon finishers. Read more about her reasons for attending and her excitement about getting back up to race speed after giving birth to baby Isabelle in August. Bonus: click here for Insta-cuteness overload.

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2018 Pro IRONMAN 70.3 Rankings

Starting on July 3, 2017, professional athletes began earning points for 70.3 Qualifying correlating to their finish position. The top 50 male and female pros in the 70.3PR (excluding AQ Champions slots) at the end of each qualifying year will qualify to race in the 2018 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship.